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American Capital Agency ( AGNC) pushed the Real Estate industry lower today making it today's featured Real Estate laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 0.3%. By the end of trading, American Capital Agency fell 59 cents (-1.9%) to $30.84 on light volume. Throughout the day, 5.8 million shares of American Capital Agency exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7.8 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $30.79-$31.67 after having opened the day at $31.54 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $31.43. Other companies within the Real Estate industry that declined today were: American Realty Investors ( ARL), down 6.7%, Northstar Realty Finance Corporation ( NRF), down 4.7%, Monmouth Real Estate Investment ( MNR), down 3.2%, and Kite Realty Group ( KRG), down 2.6%.

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American Capital Agency Corp. operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT). American Capital Agency has a market cap of $10.77 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 13.1, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 12.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are nine analysts that rate American Capital Agency a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and five rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates American Capital Agency as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including feeble growth in the company's earnings per share, deteriorating net income and disappointing return on equity.